Ash receiver



Nov. 3, 1931. M. w. ALTMAYER ASH RECEIVER Filed oct. 27. 1930 /m/E/vrof?.

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Patented Nov. 3, 1931 PATENT OFFICE MOSES W. .ALTMAYER OF SAN' FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Asn: EEcEIvEn.

Application le'd October 27,1930. Serial No. 491,556.

My invention relates to improvements in smokersash receivers wherein a mesh bottomed basket portion is detachably mounted upon a bowl portion having a filling ofsand VB or the like to embed the mesh bottom of the basket portion whereby cigarettes, clgars, or the like may be inserted into the sand to be extinguished, the sand sifting through'the mesh bottom when the basket portion is lifted from the bowl portion to remove butts orother refuse. c

The primary object of my invention 1s to provide an improved ash rreceiver for smokers.

Another object is to rovide an improved ashl receiver having a lling of sand or the like from which smokers refuse may be readily removed without removing the sand.

A further object is to provide an improved device of the character described in which cigarettes or ci ars may be easily andefectively extinguis ed and which will facilitate the cleaning of the receiver.

A further object is to provide an improved device which is vneat and attractive in appearance and which affords a clean and sanitary wa of disposing of smokers refuse.

further object is to provide an improved receiver which cannot easily be upset.

A still further object is to provide an improved device of the character described embodying improved details of constructlon and arrangement tto obtain new and improved results.

I accomplish these and other objects by means of the improved device disclosed in the drawings forming a part of the present application wherein like characters of reference are used to designate similar parts throughout thespecification and drawings, and in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of my improved ash receiver; 4

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the basket portion of the receiver; and? p Fig. 3 is a vertical mid-section of the receiver with the basket portion shown partly in section and partly in elevation. v

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 5 is used tol designate in general a bowl-like body portion having a relatively large open top. The bowl body is formed from metal or other suitable material and in any desired design. The upper edge of the bowl. body is turned inwardly to form an inwardly disposed iange 2 inclining inwardly into the bowl to form a bevel seat upon the top of the bowl, and to form a recess within the top of the bowl.

A basket portion designated in general by the numeral 3 is detachably mounted upon the bowl portion 1. The basket portion consists of an upper collar portion shaped to seat upon the inwardly inclining flange 2, and provided with a mesh bottom portion 4 shaped to project downwardly into the bowl 1 in spaced relation to the walls thereof. The mesh bottom is preferably formed from fsuitablesmetal screen of relatively coarse mesh and shaped to converge toward a point within the lower portion of the bowl in substantlally the form of an inverted cone. The

' mesh bottom 4 is rigidly secured to the collar portion 8 along the whole periphery of the lower edge thereof, and the screen material from which the bottom 4 is formed'is preferably of substantially rigid iniexible character.

Cigar or cigarette rests 6 are rigidly secured upon the upper edge 4of the basket collar 3,. preferably at diametrically opposite points thereon, said rests having concave upper surfaces disposed at substantially right angles to the edge of the collar at the point of contact therewith. The rests extend outwardly from the upper rim of the collar and form handles by which the basket may be lifted from the bowl portion of the receiver.

The bowl is designed to contain a quantity of sand or other suitable loose granular noninfiammable material 7 filling the bowl portion to substantially the level of the juncture between the collar 3 andmesh bottom 4 of the basket. Fine sea sand is particularly suitable for this filling material.

In operation, the bowl portion 1 is filled with a suitable quantity of the filling material 7,' and the basket portion is pressed into operative position, as best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the mesh bottom 4 being 100 pressed downwardly through the sand so that when the collar 3 seats upon the fiange 2, the mesh bottom Will be embedded within the filling material. As the mesh bottom is pressed into the filling material the granular material is displaced by the strands of the screen material and produces a neat and attractive pattern upon the surface of the filling material. The Weight of the filling material renders the receiver very stable so that the receiver cannot be easily upset.

The filling 7 provides a surface supporting refuse at the level of the lower edge of the collar 3.' The filling 7 is readily yieldable under pressure so that the glowing end of a cigarette or cigar may be inserted into the filling material to be quickly and easily extin uished, thereby providing a clean and sanltary means for extinguishing the butts of.cigarettes and cigars, and avoiding the annoying and unsightly practice of crushing the glowing end upon a solid surface. Asthe sand quickly extinfruishes the burning tobacco, the dlsagreealble odor of slowly smoldering tobacco is avoided. If desired, the butts or other refuse may be pressed into the filling material and covered thereby until the receiver is to be emptied, thereby preserving the neat and sanitary appearance.

Whenit is desired to empty the receiver, the basket portion 3 is lifted out of the bowl portion. As the screen bottom is moved upwardly through the filling material, the refuse within the receiver is collected and lifted out from the bowl 'while the sand or other filling material shifts through the mesh bottom and is retained in the bowl.

AThe recess formed under the inwardly turned above described. Fine ashes, or the like, shift into the .sand and to a certain extent become mixed therewith. However, the ashes, being much lighter than the sand, gradually sift downwardly through the sand to the bottom of the bowl so that the upper surface will retain the appearance of fresh, clean, sand for relatively long periods of time. At infrequent intervals, the sand or other filling material is replaced with a fresh supply. As sea sand vis a very common and easily procured material,'the cost of replacing the lling-material is negligible.

- While I have illustrated only one embodiment of my invention, the specific structure, of course, is subject to modification in numerous ways, andthe device may be made in an infinite variety of styles and designs without departing from the spirit of my invention. I therefore donot wish to be restricted to the specific details of construction illustrated and described, but desire to avail myself of all modifications which may fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An ash receiver comprising a bowl portion having an open top and containing a quantity of sand; and a basket portion detachably mounted upon the bowl portion and provided with a mesh bottom projecting downwardly to be embedded in the sand.

2. An ash receiver comprising a bowl portion having an open top and containing a quantity of sand.; and a basket portion detachably mounted upon the bowl portion, said basket portion comprising a collar to seat upon the open top of the bowl portion and a mesh, bottom extending downwardly into the sand.l

3. An ash receiver comprising a bowl portion having an open top and containing a quantity of sand; and a basket portion detachably mounted upon the bowl portion, said basket portion being provided with a collar seating upon the open top of the bowl portion and a mesh bottom portion tapering downwardly from the collar to be embedded in the sand.

4. An ash receiver comprising a bowl portion having an open top and containing a quantityof sand; and a basket portion detachably mounted upon the bowl portion, said basket portion being provided with a collar portion seating upon the open top of the bowl portion and having a mesh bottom of inverted cone shape to extend downwardly intf'a normal embedded position within the san 5,. An ash receiver comprising a bowl portion having an open top and containing a quantity of sand; a basket portion detachs ably mounted upon the bowl portion, said basket portion being provided with a collar portion seating upon the open top of the bowl portion and having a mesh bottom of inverted cone shape to extend downwardly into a normal embedded position within the sand; and cigar rests upon the collar portion to support cigars or cigarettes thereon, and to form handles whereby the basket portion may be lifted from the bowl portion.

6. An ash receiver comprising a bowl portion having anv open top; a basket portion detachably mounted upon the top of the bowl portion, said basket portion being provided with a mesh bottom projecting downwardly into the bowl portion in spaced relation to the walls thereof; and a filling of loose granular non-inflammable material contained within the bowl portion and embedding the downwardly projecting mesh bottom of the basket portion.

7. An ash receiver comprising a bowl portion provided with an inwardly turned edge inclining inwardly into the bowl and forming a recess around the top of the bowl; a basket portion detachably seating upon the inwardly turned edge and provided with a mesh bottom projectin downwardly into the bowl portion in space relation to the walls thereof; and a filling of loose granular non-` inflammable material contained -within the bowl portion, and embeddin the downwardly projecting mesh bottom o the basket portion, the basket portion being removable to' lift refuse from the bowlwithout displacing the granular material.

8. An ash receiver comprising a bowl portion provided with an inwardly turned edge inclining inwardly into the bowl and forming a recess around the top of the bowl; a-

basket portion detachably seating upon the mesh bottom projectlng inwardly turned edge and provided with a downwardly into the bowl portion in space 4relation to the walls thereof; a filling of loose granular non-inflammable material contained within the bowl portion, and embedding the downwardly projecting mesh bottom of the basket .por-

tion, the basket portion being removableto lift refuse from the bowl without displacing the ranular material; and cigar rests secured upon the basket portion to sup ort cigars or cigarettes thereon and to form andles whereby the basket portion may be lifted l from the bowl ortion.

v In witness w ereof, I hereunto set my signature.-

MOSES W. ALTMAYER. 

